Educational intervention reduces inappropriate EEG requests

The usefulness of EEGs in clinical practice has not been fully evaluated. Smith et al (p 954) audited 368 EEG referrals to one general hospital and found that the differences in referral requests were mainly due to the misconception that the procedure is a useful diagnostic tool in various clinical settings. The authors presented the results to clinicians and produced guidelines which were distributed to all doctors using the service. They found that their educational intervention significantly reduced the number of referrals, mostly for people with "funny turns."


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Requests for electroencephalography in a district general hospital: retrospective and prospective audit
D Smith, R Bartolo, R M Pickles, and B M Tedman
BMJ 2001 322: 954-957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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